Show rural biral classes longest Lo norest lived live census bureau also finds women at all ages have better chance for life GIRLS HAVE BEST CHANGE examination of mortality tables indicates decided improvement in infant mortality rates expectation pec tation Is increased washington D 0 0 the department of Cern commerce merce through the bureau of cen census sus announces that the second official publication on en life tables derived from births deaths and populations Is soon to be issued these tables show conditions as they existed in 1890 in 1901 and in 1910 thus making it possible to study the changes which have taken place in mortality durin during two decades it is shown that tl t mortality at practically all ages Is higher among men than among women in particular it appears that the most favorable mortality in this country is found among women living in the rural districts the rural classes regardless of sex ses enjoy a much lower mortality for nearly the entire range ol of life than those living in the cities while the expectation of life both among men and women in roost most classes has steadily increased there is no indication di of any definite lengthening of the span of life in other words while almost all classes of persons are living to an older elder average age the limiting age of human life does not seem to have advanced girl babies have best chance in 1901 1001 the expectation of life among white girl irl babies at birth was about three years more than among white males and in 1010 the alie excess in ili favor of the girls had increased to almost three and a half years tit there ere seems to have been a general improvement for all classes for the ages up to about age forty for men and age fifty for women except for the negro population above these ages no improvement pro is shown and in some cases the merta mortality lity at the older ages in 1910 was actually less favorable than it was in 1901 an examination of the infant mortality tables indicates a decided improvement in the infant mortality rate in most classes of the population between 1001 and 1010 the expectation of life ot of children born in 1010 also shows rt a considerable improvement over the expectation ot of life of children born in 1800 and 1001 and practically all classes of the population the infant mortality in the rural districts was considerably lower than that in the urban districts both in 1001 1901 and 1910 but the difference in favor of the rural districts was net as grent great in 1910 as it wag was in 1901 indicating that the efforts to improve infant mortality conditions in the cities are undoubtedly meeting success life tables are also given by sex for Xu australia denmark england En france germany holland india italy japan norway sweden and switzerland they may be used to compare rates of mortality and expectations of life at any age in one country with those of any other country or with those in the united states low mortality in norway A comparison with these countries shows that except for fer france india and japan the rates of mortality among men and women are less favorable ile in this country than in the countries mentioned for example the lowest anif annual rate of mortality a thousand at birth Is found in norway to be about 81 tor for males and 67 tor for females while for a similar class in this country it is about for males and for females this Indle indicates rites that there is still much room for improvement in this country the most important mortality tables used by life insurance companies in this country and in foreign countries are included in this publication |